Bill Text: NY S08962 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Revises the New York state veteran's memorial and monument registry such that it is easier to navigate and has deadlines for the submission of memorials and monuments and the updating of the registry.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-03 - REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS [S08962 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S08962-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8962

                    IN SENATE

                                      April 3, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. ADDABBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi-
          ty and Military Affairs

        AN ACT to amend the veterans' services law, in relation to revising  the
          New York state veteran's memorial and monument registry

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 29-a of the veterans' services  law,  as  added  by
     2  chapter 14 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
     3    §  29-a.  [Veterans]  New  York  state veteran's memorial and monument
     4  registry. 1. The New York state veteran's memorial and monument registry
     5  is hereby established and shall  be  developed  and  maintained  by  the
     6  department  [is  directed  to  develop  a  veterans memorial registry in
     7  consultation] in collaboration with the director of the New  York  state
     8  military  museum  and  veterans resource center, the commissioner of the
     9  office of parks, recreation and historic preservation, the  commissioner
    10  of  the  office  of  general  services  [and],  the state historian, and
    11  respective agencies and veteran organizations  within  New  York  towns,
    12  villages,  counties  and cities. The registry shall be made available on
    13  the department's website.
    14    2. The registry shall consist of a searchable and filterable  database
    15  of those [veterans] veteran's memorials located within the state submit-
    16  ted  pursuant  to  subdivision three of this section. The registry shall
    17  include, but not be limited to, [information regarding] a  comprehensive
    18  list  of  all  dedicated  veteran monuments and memorials, the location,
    19  history, significance, and images of [a  memorial  and]  such  dedicated
    20  veteran  monuments  and  memorials,  who  or what veteran or battle such
    21  memorial is honoring[. Additional information  may  include  historical]
    22  and information such as who authorized the erection of such memorial and
    23  the  year  of  the  dedication.  Such  registry  shall be searchable and
    24  filterable by location, veteran [or], conflict era, battle or any  other
    25  criteria the state commissioner deems relevant.
    26    3.  The state commissioner shall issue, on behalf of the department, a
    27  public request for information for any county, city,  town,  or  village

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14459-01-4
        S. 8962                             2

     1  desiring  to  have any memorial located within their municipality listed
     2  within the registry. Each county, city, town[,  or]  and  village  [may]
     3  shall  submit  responses to the department's request for information [at
     4  any  time] within one hundred twenty days after the request for informa-
     5  tion has been issued; provided, however, every county,  city,  town  and
     6  village  with a population of one million or more shall submit responses
     7  to the department's request for information within one  year  after  the
     8  request  for information has been issued. Individuals and organizations,
     9  including but not limited to, local veterans' service agencies staff and
    10  members of congressionally chartered veterans' service organizations may
    11  provide recommendations to a municipality for inclusion in the registry.
    12  In responding to the department's  public  request  for  information,  a
    13  municipality  shall  identify  [the memorial or] any memorials and monu-
    14  ments it desires to have included in the registry and submit any  infor-
    15  mation  required  pursuant  to  subdivision  two  of this section to the
    16  department. The registry shall be  updated  within  sixty  days  of  the
    17  department  receiving  information  on any veteran's memorials and monu-
    18  ments with such information.
    19    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.